Hourglass

She hoped
they'd be closer than they were
but in that moment
with his face in her hands
and her elbows resting on his palm
it wasn't even physically possible!

Then

breaths turn into inches.

She asked him to not go
and he smiled, confused,
'cause she was coming along with him
but just for a day
just for that day.
He misunderstood her appeal.

Then

inches turn into miles.

You can go far without me

but she can't, he said.

Her strength becomes a curse, 

as he insults the one he claims to love.

She picks up the change

and empties it out in her torn pockets.

Then

miles turn into borders.

Her baggage was more now

than when she had left

Thought she could change his mind

if given another day

but he erased the times spent

like a duster on a chalkboard.

Then

borders turn into silences.